{"product_id":"9780994281913","title":"Messages For Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEight weeks before Sun’s final school exams she meets Tycho. Invited to a party at his parents' place by the beach, Sun hopes to deepen their relationship that's begun through a sensitive exchange of poems, but confusion about the afternoon's events leads her to believe Tycho is involved with someone else.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAnd then there's Mark who just happened to have dumped Sun's best friend the week before.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMessages for Sun captures the aching sadness of teenage relationships. It explores the complexities of friendship, love and loss amid the intensity of a first romantic relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'... After it was finished, he kissed me between the eyes and told me I was a fast learner, and I looked down at Tycho's painting and I thought: Is this me? Has all my goodness vanished within a week? Good ... bad ... I decided they were baby words. Meaningless ...'\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA version of this novel titled 'Saltwater Moons' was published in 2008 and is no longer in print. 'Messages For Sun' is a revised edition with an additional chapter at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePraise for Saltwater Moons:\u003cbr\u003e ‘I read this book with a constant pricking of tears – this writing is so beautiful, so subtly balanced, so human, so filled with gentle sadness and understanding. This is a book readers will love.’\u003cbr\u003e Peter Bishop, Creative Director of Varuna, The Writers’ House, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'Gittus movingly depicts the complexities of friendship and sex ... Sun's voice is literate, authentic and realistic. ...'\u003cbr\u003e Australian Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'While I was reading this book it was as if the book was flipping the pages for me. I don't remember turning the pages at all.'\u003cbr\u003e Danielle Kaitlyn Wood, teenage reader, Canada\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallaby Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120663281904,"sku":"9780994281913","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780994281913_p0.jpg?v=1763888626","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780994281913","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}